Do you keep your books once you have finished reading them?  

I am the same way. The books I really love, I keep forever. The others I have read, I usually keep for a few years, and then I donate them to my local library, as long as they are in decent condition. If they have torn pages, etc. I just throw them away.

I keep some of my favorites, but I don't know why since I never bother to read them again. Most of the books I finish get passed on to a friend, or donated to a local thrift shop.

One of my friends makes a point of reading every book at least twice just in case she missed something the first time.

Books i respect them, and i buy books that i really like as am lazy i don't read much so the books that i read are usually very famous so never want to part with them, hehe i even don't wanna share with my freinds also. I keep all the books that i get or buy for reading

I usually give them away I know I will never read them again so why not. I just cant see having them around collecting dust. I like giving alot of my things away if I can make somebody happy then Im happy.

I have come up with a new method for myself. The books I know I'll want to keep, I'll buy in hard back. If it's something that I just want to read only one time, I will get paperback. I usually take the paperback books to the library, or to a local bookstore that lets me trade them for different ones. I'm currently trying to build up my Stephen King collection, so they are DEFINITELY in hardback.

If I like the book, and think there is a chance I may read it again, it stays...If it was something I wasn't crazy about, I either swap or sell it online. Even with giving away books, my shelves are overflowing onto the floor! I don't tend to loan my books out, I've had bad experiences with that....they never come back.

I know many people would like to dispose off the books probably due to shortage of storage space. Since ours is a own house, we have plenty of space, we have purchased steel racks to store the books. People who visit us would like to read some of those books.

Unless I think I'm going to re-read the book, I try to sell it at Powell's or give it to charity. I have limited living space, so keeping every book I ever read that's not from the library would create a problem.

I keep most of mine (I often reread them), or loan them to friends, then occasionally do a cleanout and list some on ebay or other places, the ones I haven't reread or loved quite so much.

I'll keep one or two but for the most part I just pass them on to friends or donate them to the library.